Overshoe



(No Model.)

E.'B. PRESTON. O'VERSHOR,

No. 265,339. Patented 001;. a, 1882..

UNITED STATES PATENT QFEICE.

EVERETT B. PRESTON, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

OVERSHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,339, dated October 3, 1882. Application filed May 29, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, EVERETT B. PRESTON, of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful. 1mprovements in Rubber Arclics or Overshoes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in providing the vamp or upper with a slight ridge or raised portion near its back edge, extending from its juncture with the quarters to near its top, preferably produced by securing a cord, small rubber tubing, or other similar material under the vamp, between it and its lining, whereby a tiglitjoint or hearing is insured between the quarters and the vamp or upper when the shoe is buckled or fastened, and thus effectually exclude the snow and wet.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side View of my improved overshoe. Fig.2 is a front view, and Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, of the upper.

In the drawings, A A represent the quarters of the shoe, which lap around the front and are there buckled; B, the vamp or upper; and a a are cords on each side of the vamp or upper, secured to the inside of the upper, betweenit and its lining, and extending from near itsjuncture with the quarters to near its preferably be somewhat stiff and elastic; hilt I instead of a cord other suitable material may be used to produce'tlie ridge or raised portion 12 b in the upper. By reason of the ridge or raised portion on the out-side of the upper -the snow will be effectually excluded, as it produces a close fit or hearing between the quarters and upper when the shoe is fastened, and the water will naturally tend to run down the crease or slight groove formed in the upper by the cord.

I claim The overshoe having the quarters A A and the vamp B, the latter being provided with the ridges b b, acting, in conjunction with the overlapping portions of the quarters, to exclude snow and water, substantially as specified.

. E. B. PRESTON.

Witnesses:

R. Y. WALLACE, H. M. MUNDAY. 

